China News Service, Xishuangbanna, March 12 (Chang Zongbo and Wu Xinhua) Recently, a wild elephant entered a farmland in Xishuangbanna Prefecture, Yunnan Province and met a villager who was picking corn. The situation was urgent... The local forest police rushed to the scene. An explosion-proof gun was used to shoot 2 non-lethal detonation bombs in the direction of the wild elephant. The wild elephant returned to the forest after being frightened, thus avoiding casualties and property losses in time.
At 17:00 on the 11th, the Mengyang Brigade of the Forest Police Division of the Public Security Bureau of Xishuangbanna Prefecture, Yunnan Province received a call from the person in charge of the Forest Administration Resource Management Station of Mengyang Town, Jinghong City, informing the local people of Manheke Village in Mansahao Village Committee of Mengyang Town There are wild elephants near the farmland at the "Sweet Water Bay" site, and there are villagers nearby who are engaged in farming activities, which is dangerous.
The picture shows the cornfield after being trampled by wild elephants.
Miao Chao photo
After receiving the police, the Mengyang Brigade quickly organized the police to rush to the scene for disposal.
At 18:00 that day, the Mengyang Brigade rushed to the scene to meet with the staff of the Forest Administration Resource Management Station to jointly start the work of preventing wild elephants.
At that time, a huge wild elephant was approaching a corn farm about 50 meters away. There was a peasant woman in the farm rushing to harvest corn. There were many onlookers near the farm. The situation was urgent. The police used explosion-proof guns to shoot 2 rounds in the direction of the wild elephant. With a non-lethal detonation bomb, the wild elephant was frightened and left in the opposite direction of the farmland and walked into the rubber forest.
Afterwards, the people warned that the onlookers on the scene kept the necessary safe distance, and they were not allowed to approach the wild elephants in order to harvest crops without authorization.
According to the observation and comparison between the police and the police from the Mengyang Brigade of the Forest Police Detachment of the Xishuangbanna Prefecture Public Security Bureau, it has been confirmed that they belong to the famous net red wild elephant bamboo shoots that originally lived near the Yexiang Valley in Jinghong City, Xishuangbanna Prefecture. The wild elephants "bamboo shoots" during the 2016 Spring Festival Today, 19 cars were damaged by "broken relationship" in 3 days, which caused heated discussion on the Internet and was called "net celebrity" by some netizens.
The picture shows the forest police asking local farmers about the situation.
Miao Chao photo
The forest police analyzed that because Mansahao Village in Mengyang Town is adjacent to Mengyang Nature Reserve, there are more wild Asian elephants in the vicinity, and the wild elephants will not leave Mengyang Town in the short term.
The Mengyang Town and Forest Police will take measures such as promptly issuing early warning information and adding temporary wild elephant rangers to scientifically guard against wild Asian elephants.
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